Drying apparatus.



R. PETBRSBN. DRYING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATIQN FILED 11113.27, 1907.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

EAsMUs PETERSEN, or ASEURY'PARK, NEw JERSEY. I

DRYING APPARATUS.

l No. 910,720'.

To all wwm it may concern:

Be it known'that I, RAsMUs PETERsEN, a subject of the King of Denmark,residing at Whiteville, Asbury'lark, in the county of Monmouth and Stateof New Jersey, have invented'a' Drying Apparatus, of which the followingis a specification.

A boiler. of the ordinary vertical cylindricaly My invention relates todrying apparatus particularly for domestic use 1n kitc ens and similarrelations where there is ahot water type. Such a boiler is particularlyadvantageous for drying purposes, since it is uniformly warmedthroughout a very large area to a temperature which in no case ishighenough to scorch or burn any fabrics. In other words, the surface ofa boiler of this type radiates a large amount of'heat at a low actualtemperature, which is a condition particularly advantageous to thepurposes of drying.-

My invention consists 1n a device or attachment for a kitchen boilerofthe above class.

. and which furnishes a rack for supporting towels, clothes and fabricsin proximity to the heated surface of the boiler, and at the same timein such a way that they are freely exposed to a circulation of air. Imake use fof a band or girdle which'surrounds the I from t e boilersurface.

of the hooks and boilerand supports certain hooks which` thereb projectradially-at s aced intervals view, my invention consists in the featuresVof construction and combination as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a kitchen boiler havinga drying rack embod g the principles of my invention a plie thereto.Fig. 2 'is/a top plan view.

1g. 3 is a vertical sectional view showing one an extension rod; Fig. 4is a bottom plan view of the extension rod g and Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional view taken on the .line a/-b of Fig. 3.

Referrin to the drawings in which like parts are esignated by the samereference sign, 1 indicates a kitchen boiler of the ordinary or anyusual form, generall having a vertically disposed cylindrical out ne.Upon this boiler I apply a band or girdle 4, prefery ably of flexiblesheet metal, and having ears Specification of Letters Patent."Application filed February 27, 1907. Serial No. 359,672.

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or offset portions 4 adapted to be connected by a bolt 5. r i Asillustrated in Fig. 2, the ears 4 are not vdesigned to .be broughtactually together when in use, but are separated by a'certain spacethrough which the bolt extends, and

, which provides the double function of an adjustment for boilers ofslightly varying size, and also obtaining an absolutely tight locking orbinding engagement when adjusted. In conjunction with the band orgirdle4, there arelprovided a plurality of hooks 2 with flat rear faces 3, ando 'em'ngs 2', through which the .band or gird e 4 may be passed.

The hooks 2 are preferably made of integral cast iron with a portion 2which is curved slightly upward and having a round transverse sectionand an extremity 2D which is enlarged into a round or spherical knob.The hook alsoI has a lower member 2c which also constitutes 'a hook andvterminates in a round or spherical knob 2d. As many of these hooks areassembled upon the band as desired, and thereafter are tightly fixed inany desired radial positions on the boiler by tightening the bolt 5. In'this action, the band 4 is caused to stretch tightly between theindividual hooks in the manner shown in Fig. 5, tightly clamping them intheir redetermined positions. These hooks ta e up but very little room,and are not unsightly or towels and similar articles. properly dryironed clothes or fabrics, I provideextension rods 6, which are formedto fit overI and be rigidly supported by the hooks 2. The extension rodsG'may be of widely varying forms in practice. I have illustrated aconstruction having an opening 7, through which the end of the hook 2may be received, in which relation there is a supporting engagementestablished on the upper and lower surfacesofthe hook adapted to rigidlyhold the extension rod 6 in a radial position.

in* the way, aidare always Vavailable for In order to The rod 6 canalways be disengaged by siniply lifting it slightly and withdrawing itoutward from over an end of the hook 2. Itis evident that the rods 6 areadapted to project in radial directions from the convex surface of theboiler and in this relation they support the clothes and fabrics' to bedried most efliciently to obtain a circulation of air thereabout. Whentheir use is no longer required, the extension rods 6 may be removed,

or they may be displaced inward on the hooks so as to depend or hangdownward idly alongside the boiler surface. As many hooks may beprovided as desired, and it is evident that several rows ofy hooks maybe rouped about 'the same boiler by havingl ierent bands or girdles atdilerent vertically spaced points thereon.

1. A drying apparatus comprisinga band vor girdle adapted to surround akitchen boiler, means for adjusting said band orl girdle to boilers ofvarying sizes, hooks having holes through which saidband or girdle ispassed and having upwardly curved portions terminating Pin an enlargedrounded or spherical knob, and extension rods having a hole throughwhich said hook is received and having a rounded or concaved portionadapted to\rest on the rounded knob of the hooks, whereby said rods arerigidly supported upon the hooks.

2. A drying apparatus comprising a band or girdle adapted to surround akitchen boiler, hooks received on said band or girdle, f and extensionrods having holes loose y itf tin over the ends of said hooks andadapted to e rigidly supported thereby in radially. projecting relationfrom the boiler'.

In testlmony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ninist/[Us PETERSEN-` Witnesses ELIsIUs NmLsEN, PETER PETERsEN.

